Short films seen

Boy meets girl--although little else matches when two lovers tell their sides of the story after the relationship ends.

Set in an isolated fishing village of Malaysia, a woman's relationship with her young daughter descends into a path of self-destruction and abuse when she begins to receive a series of strange and mysterious letters from her long-absent husband.

"A Cloud Above Paradise" is a short film, dealing with the effects of the Chernobyl tragedy. In an abstract sense, it can be seen as symbolically portraying some of the eternal struggles of humanity.

The title says it all: children playing with rabbits.

A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.

A woman smoking a cigarette blows smoke onto her outstretched hand upon which a miniature man appears.

A photographer attempts to photograph a female model, but she keeps transforming into a man.

On the roof of an ancient palace appear a young Knight and his lady. While they are making love an ugly old witch appears and is rather troublesome. The Knight commands her to leave, and when he is about to force her away she sits on her broom and rises to the moon. After disappearing she causes various hob-goblins to haunt the pair, the last of them stealing away the lady while the Knight's back is turned. The Knight, frantic with grief, is suddenly confronted by a Fairy, who presents him with a magical sword, and tells him that he can use it to regain the young woman.

"A splendid picture showing this notable family of jugglers in their restaurant scene, in which they toss dishes and chairs about with marvelous dexterity."

A film of more than unusual interest. Those who are familiar with the length of time it takes to make a picture wherein all the furniture in the house moves out automatically, will appreciate the great labor of making this film.

A female magician produces tiny dancers who dance on a table and on her finger, then makes them full-sized.

An old proprietor is startled by the sudden appearance of a skull. Just as he draws back from the uncanny object, the doors of a mediaeval wardrobe fly back and a hand prods him with a sword. He turns to confront his assailant when it vanishes, and at the same instant the skull flies to the other end of the room. He clutches at the skull, when it turns into the half form of a girl from the waist up, suspended in mid-air. As he gazes in amusement, the other half of the girl, fully dressed from her waist down, walks across the room, and the two halves of the figure join, making a girl complete. In an amorous fashion the old man folds his arms around the girl's waist with the intention of stealing a kiss, but the girl immediately changes into an old woman, who grins in evident delight at the old man's discomfort. In great anger he throws her into the wardrobe and locks the door. Unseen by him, the woman has again become a girl. A great effect is here produced. Through the doors, which are solid and closed, the form of the girl appears through the woodwork. Hastily opening the door, the old man is then confronted by an Egyptian mummy. Other strange things happen. As the pawnbroker flies from the room a large and grotesque head arises from the smoke and slowly advances toward the spectators. Larger and larger the head grows until it fills the entire picture, and appears as though it would swallow the whole audience. A most laughable and mystifying scene.

Men expose a fake medium's tricks and take revenge.

Polly and Foxy Grandpa perform a vaudeville style dance on a small stage in what appears to be a ragtime rhythm.

Showing two typical concert hall knock-about teams in a very poor performance. It ends up in their being egged by the audience. Very realistic and very funny.

A lecherous grandfather buys pills to restore his youthful vigor, but when his grandson takes a handful of those pills, he goes on a rampage through town using his superhuman strength.

In a square room, two men and two women, in white body-hugging clothes, try on wrestling holds, each with a partner of the same sex.

In a bower of giant tulips a boy and girl practice flower magic. They cause flowers and birds to open and human forms to issue therefrom, and on the black background of the wonderful garden there appear myriad flowers, in the center of each of which is a smiling feminine head. Tableaux showing pretty girl and flower effects are plentiful and the film winds up with a burst of multi-colored flame, which shoots in fiery splendor from leaves and petals.

A drowsy pipe-smoker attempts to nap, only to be tormented relentlessly by the mischievous Princess Nicotine and her fairy companion.

An early version of the classic, based more on the 1902 stage musical than on the original novel.

A little boy and his beloved puppy find themselves in and out of mischief.

Sam lives a toxic relationship with his mother. Both live at an age when their bodies change and evolve, between discovery and dread of their own femininity.

Memi prepares to become queen of the carnival. Lost in a world of grown-ups and trapped in her routine, she is torn between the glamour of pageant and the social pressure to become a winner.

Tangled amid an apocalypse a father and his daughters are locked in their house in an attempt of survival. However they begin to fear the indoors with their abusive father, so they begin to devise a plan taking matters into their own hands.

Lucia has written a letter for her father on his birthday. Standing before the whole family, she reads the letter thanking him for being such a great dad. But what she innocently describes as gestures of fatherly love have little to do with reality. Behind carefully upheld appearances lies an unspoken and terrible secret.